June 17 - Deaths

Deaths

• 900 – Fulk the Venerable, French Archbishop of Rheims
• 1025 – Bolesław I Chrobry (b. 967)
• 1091 – Dirk V, Count of Holland (b. 1052)
• 1463 – Infanta Catherine of Portugal (b. 1436)
• 1565 – Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (b. 1536)
• 1694 – Philip Howard, English cardinal (b. 1629)
• 1696 – John III Sobieski of Poland (b. 1629)
• 1719 – Joseph Addison, English politician and writer (b. 1672)
• 1734 – Claude Louis Hector de Villars, Duke of Villars (b. 1653)
• 1740 – Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet, English politician (b. 1687)
• 1762 – Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (b. 1674)
• 1771 – Daskalogiannis, Cretan rebel
• 1775 – John Pitcairn, English military officer (b. 1722)
• 1797 – Mohammad Khan Qajar of Persia (b. 1742)
• 1813 – Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, English sailor and politician (b. 1726)
• 1821 – Martín Miguel de Güemes, Argentine military leader (b. 1785)
• 1839 – Lord William Bentinck, English soldier and statesman (b. 1774)
• 1858 – Rani Lakshmibai Indian queen (b. 1828)
• 1898 – Edward Burne-Jones, English artist (b. 1833)
• 1904 – Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov, Russian politician (b. 1839)
• 1939 – Allen Sothoron, American baseball player (b. 1893)
• 1940 – Arthur Harden, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1941 – Johan Wagenaar, Dutch composer and organist (b. 1862)
• 1942 – Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian politician (b. 1853)
• 1952 – John Whiteside Parsons, American scientist (b. 1914)
• 1956 – Paul Rostock, German doctor (b. 1892)
• 1956 – Bob Sweikert, American race car driver (b. 1926)
• 1957 – Dorothy Richardson, English writer (b. 1873)
• 1961 – Jeff Chandler, American actor (b. 1918)
• 1963 – Aleksander Kesküla, Estonian politician (b. 1882)
• 1968 – José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1901)
• 1969 – Rita Abatzi, Greek singer (b. 1914)
• 1974 – Pamela Britton, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1979 – Duffy Lewis, American baseball player (b. 1888)
• 1981 – Richard O'Connor, English general (b. 1889)
• 1981 – Zerna Sharp, American writer and educator (b. 1889)
• 1982 – Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (b. 1920)
• 1983 – Peter Mennin, American composer and teacher (b. 1923)
• 1984 – Milbourne Christopher, American illusionist (b. 1914)
• 1984 – John Murray, American playwright (b. 1906)
• 1985 – John Boulting, English director, writer, and producer (b. 1913)
• 1986 – Kate Smith, American singer (b. 1907)
• 1987 – Dick Howser, American baseball player and manager (b. 1936)
• 1996 – Thomas Kuhn, American historian and philosopher (b. 1922)
• 1999 – Basil Hume, English cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster (b. 1923)
• 2000 – Ismail Mahomed, South African jurist (b. 1931)
• 2001 – Donald J. Cram, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919)
• 2001 – Thomas Winning, Scottish cardinal, Archbishop of Glasgow (b. 1925)
• 2002 – Willie Davenport, American athlete (b. 1943)
• 2002 – Fritz Walter, German footballer (b. 1920)
• 2004 – Gerry McNeil, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1926)
• 2005 – Sam Loeb, American writer and illustrator (b. 1988)
• 2005 – Karl Mueller, American bassist (Soul Asylum) (b. 1962)
• 2006 – Bussunda, Brazilian comedian and actor (b. 1962)
• 2006 – Arthur Franz, American actor (b. 1920)
• 2007 – Gianfranco Ferré, Italian fashion designer (b. 1944)
• 2007 – Serena Wilson, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1933)
• 2008 – Cyd Charisse, American dancer and actress (b. 1922)
• 2008 – Tsutomu Miyazaki, Japanese serial killer (b. 1962)
• 2009 – Ralf Dahrendorf, German-English sociologist and politician (b. 1929)
• 2009 – Darrell Powers, American army officer (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Stéphane Brosse, French ski mountaineer (b. 1971))
• 2012 – Chen Din Hwa, Chinese businessman and philanthropist (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Nathan Divinsky, Canadian mathematician and chess player (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Raivo Järvi, Estonian artist and politician (b. 1954)
• 2012 – Rodney King, American victim of police brutality (b. 1965)
• 2012 – R. C. Owens, American football player (b. 1934)
• 2012 – Fauzia Wahab, Pakistani politician (b. 1956)